The North Eastern League continued with two
divisions for two more seasons, reverting
to being a single section competition in
1935.

Where an asterisk appears at the end of a
team name, this indicates that this was the
reserve side of a Football League team.

1933-1934

Division 1

1. SUNDERLAND* 38
28 5 5 119
37 61

2. JARROW 38
24 7 7 105
42 55

3. SPENNYMOOR UNITED 38
22 8 8 114
42 52

4. BLYTH SPARTANS
38 23 5 10
81 58 51

5. WORKINGTON
38 24 2 12 147 68
50

6. MIDDLESBROUGH* 38
17 8 13 89
59 42

7. NORTH SHIELDS 38
18 6 14 85
65 42

8. GATESHEAD*
38 19 4 15
81 81 42

9. HARTLEPOOLS UNITED* 38
16 5 17 73
77 37

10. CROOK TOWN 38
15 7 16 62
68 37

11. CARLISLE UNITED*
38 14 5 19 81
64 33

12. DARLINGTON*
38 12 8 18
76 101 32

13. ASHINGTON 38
13 5 20 58
100 31

14. ANNFIELD PLAIN 38
13 5 20 55
110 31

15. CHOPWELL INSTITUTE 38
12 6 20 77
126 30

16. WEST STANLEY 38
13 3 22 55
87 29

17. CONSETT 38
12 5 21 45
84 29

18. CITY OF DURHAM 38
11 7 20 47
89 29

19. EDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 38
10 8 20 76
107 28

20. WALKER CELTIC
38 7 5 26
54 115 19

(760 323 114 323 1580 1580 760)

Chopwell Institute left the North Eastern
League at the end of the season. There was
no relegation.

Division 2

1. THROCKLEY WELFARE 30
21 7 2 94
35 49

2. BEDLINGTON UNITED 30
21 2 7 99
57 44

3. WALLSEND TOWN 30
18 7 5 94
49 43

4. STAKEFORD ALBION 30
17 5 8 82
56 39

5. MICKLEY 30
16 5 9 89
70 37

6. BIRTLEY 30
14 4 12 73
57 32

7. NEWBIGGIN WEST END 30
13 3 14 72
64 29

8. PEGSWOOD UNITED 30
12 5 13 78
73 29

9. USWORTH COLLIERY 30
12 5 13 61
71 29

10. WASHINGTON COLLIERY 30
10 7 13 61
82 27

11. CHESTER-LE-STREET 30
12 1 17 84
88 25

12. SCOTSWOOD 30
10 5 15 63
81 25

13. WEST WYLAM COLLIERY WELFARE 30
9 5 16 58
79 23

14. DIPTON UNITED 30
8 5 17 58
99 21

15. CRAWCROOK ALBION 30
4 10 16 44
82 18

16. NEWCASTLE EAST END 30
3 4 23 43 110
10

(480 200 80 200 1153 1153 480)

Throckley Welfare were promoted. The bottom
three clubs all resigned from Division 2.
Hexham Town joined the North Eastern League.

1934-1935

Division 1

1. MIDDLESBROUGH* 38
26 9 3 129
51 61

2. SUNDERLAND* 38
28 3 7 126
37 59

3. WALKER CELTIC 38
27 3 8 109
53 57

4. JARROW 38
24 5 9 93
60 53

5. BLYTH SPARTANS 38
23 4 11 95
55 50

6. EDEN COLLIERY WELFARE
38 19 10 9
92 62 48

7. SPENNYMOOR UNITED 38
18 9 11 84
59 45

8. WORKINGTON 38
18 5 15 76
81 41

9. NORTH SHIELDS 38
17 6 15 90
69 40

10. GATESHEAD* 38
17 4 17 67
72 38

11. HARTLEPOOLS UNITED* 38
15 6 17 91
86 36

12. DARLINGTON* 38
15 5 18 95
90 35

13. THROCKLEY WELFARE 38
13 5 20 75
94 31

14. CARLISLE UNITED* 38
13 4 21 73
83 30

15. CROOK TOWN 38
12 5 21 84
111 29

16. ASHINGTON 38
10 7 21 57
96 27

17. ANNFIELD PLAIN
38 10 6 22
74 117 26

18. CITY OF DURHAM 38
10 2 26 56
142 22

19. CONSETT 38
5 7 26 44
118 17

20. WEST STANLEY 38
6 3 29 58
132 15

(760 326 108 326 1668 1668 760)

Consett left to join the re-formed Northern
Alliance. Their place was taken by Horden
Colliery Welfare from the Wearside League.
The mass withdrawal of 2nd Division clubs after the end of the season
meant the North Eastern League now operated
as a single section competition.

Division 2

1. NEWBIGGIN WEST END 24
20 2 2 79
28 42

2. BEDLINGTON UNITED 24
13 4 7 58
45 30

3. WEST WYLAM COLLIERY WELFARE 24
13 3 8 70
61 29

4. HEXHAM 24
11 5 8 53
49 27

5. STAKEFORD ALBION 24
10 5 9 65
50 25

6. SCOTSWOOD 24
11 3 10 53
48 25

7. WALLSEND TOWN 24
10 4 10 49
50 24

8. USWORTH COLLIERY 24
10 3 11 59
59 23

9. PEGSWOOD UNITED
24 9 4 11
56 65 22

10. BIRTLEY 24
8 5 11 56
48 21

11. WASHINGTON COLLIERY 24
7 6 11 51
75 20

12. MICKLEY 24
5 5 14 38
56 15

13. CHESTER-LE-STREET 24
3 3 18 33
86 9

(312 130 52 130 720 720 312)

Birtley, Chester-le-Street, Usworth Colliery
and Washington Colliery all moved to the
Wearside League, while the rest of the clubs
accompanied Consett in joining the re-formed
Northern Alliance.

1935-1936

1. BLYTH SPARTANS 38
26 4 8 104
60 56

2. WALKER CELTIC 38
23 8 7 87
45 54

3. NORTH SHIELDS 38
22 8 8 95
52 52

4. SUNDERLAND* 38
22 4 12 115 65
48

5. WORKINGTON 38
20 5 13 87
53 45

6. MIDDLESBROUGH* 38
21 2 15 123 78
44

7. GATESHEAD
38 18 7 13
86 73 43

8. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 38
18 6 14 84
64 42

9. SPENNYMOOR UNITED 38
19 4 15 83
81 42

10. JARROW 38
17 7 14 78
68 41

11. DARLINGTON*
38 18 4 16 93
86 40

12. THROCKLEY WELFARE 38
16 5 17 80
78 37

13. ANNFIELD PLAIN
38
16 5 17 86
96 37

14. HARTLEPOOLS UNITED* 38
14 6 18 77
81 34

15. CARLISLE UNITED* 38
13 6 19 65
104 32

16. WEST STANLEY 38
12 4 22 73
127 28

17. EDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 38
12 3 23 59
89 27

18. ASHINGTON 38
10 6 22 48
74 26

19. CITY OF DURHAM
38 8 3 27
57 115 19

20. CROOK TOWN 38
5 3 30 50
141 13

(760 330 100 330 1630 1630 760)

Crook town transferred to the Northern League
at the end of the season. Hexham Town and
South Shields joined the North Eastern League
which would therefore begin the next campaign
with 21 clubs.

1936-1937

1. SUNDERLAND* 38
29 5 4 155
58 63

2. SPENNYMOOR UNITED 38
23 8 7 107
55 54

3. MIDDLESBROUGH*
38 21 9 8
117 48 51

4. WORKINGTON 38
22 7 9 114
54 51

5. BLYTH SPARTANS 38
21 7 10 103 68
49

6. NORTH SHIELDS 38
21 5 12 115 56
47

7. ASHINGTON 38
21 4 13 93
72 46

8. ANNFIELD PLAIN 38
18 9 11 99
84 45

9. THROCKLEY WELFARE 38
19 7 12 99
90 45

10. DARLINGTON* 38
19 6 13 88
83 44

11. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 38
17 5 16 88
78 39

12. SOUTH SHIELDS 38
16 7 15 88
97 39

13. HARTLEPOOLS UNITED*
38 15 7 16
65 81 37

14. CARLISLE UNITED* 38
11 7 20 79
93 29

15. WALKER CELTIC 38
12 5 21 73
102 29

16. JARROW 38
10 6 22 55
113 26

17. HEXHAM TOWN 38
9 6 23 64 99
24

18. CITY OF DURHAM 38
6 6 26 67 131
18

19. GATESHEAD* 38
7 3 28 67 122
17

20. WEST STANLEY 38
2 3 33 37 189
7

(760 319 122 319 1773 1773 760)

Eden Colliery Welfare resigned on February
6th. The club had played 23 games and their
record was deleted. It has not proved possible
to find out what that record was. Spennymoor
United transferred to the Wearside League
at the end of the season and their place
was taken by Consett.

1937-1938

1. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 38
24 8 6 99
39 56

2. SUNDERLAND* 38
26 3 9 106
39 55

3. SOUTH SHIELDS 38
26 3 9 119
54 55

4. BLYTH SPARTANS
38
21 6 11 113 70
48

5. CARLISLE UNITED* 38
19 8 11 112 73
46

6. ASHINGTON 38
19 8 11 87
63 46

7. WORKINGTON 38
20 6 12 111 86
46

8. GATESHEAD* 38
19 6 13 87
74 44

9. MIDDLESBROUGH* 38
18 4 16 97
63 40

10. NORTH SHIELDS 38
14 9 15 81
81 37

11. ANNFIELD PLAIN 38
16 5 17 76
77 37

12. WALKER CELTIC
38 11 13 14 67
75 35

13. DARLINGTON* 38
13 8 17 67
91 34

14. THROCKLEY WELFARE
38 16 1 21
86 93 33

15. HARTLEPOOLS UNITED* 38
13 6 19 73
81 32

16. WEST STANLEY 38
11 9 18 60
91 31

17. HEXHAM TOWN 38
13 2 23 73
130 28

18. JARROW 38
10 5 23 71
105 25

19. CONSETT 38
8 7 23 64
118 23

20. CITY OF DURHAM
38 3 3 32
43 189 9

(760 320 120 320 1692 1692 760)

City of Durham left to move to the Wearside
League and were replaced by Spennymoor United.

1938-1939

1. SOUTH SHIELDS 38
28 4 6 141
50 60

2. WORKINGTON 38
26 5 7 121
59 57

3. NORTH SHIELDS
38 25 7 6
111 62 57

4. SUNDERLAND* 38
23 5 10 121 55
51

5. MIDDLESBROUGH* 38
21 5 12 128 75
47

6. GATESHEAD* 38
21 5 12 109 71
47

7. ASHINGTON 38
20 6 12 107 87
46

8. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 38
16 11 11 71 45
43

9. BLYTH SPARTANS 38
15 9 14 82
97 39

10. DARLINGTON* 38
14 8 16 95
92 36

11. CONSETT 38
12 11 15 84 113 35

12. SPENNYMOOR UNITED 38
12 7 19 91
104 31

13. HARTLEPOOLS UNITED* 38
12 6 20 77
92 30

14. CARLISLE UNITED* 38
12 4 22 98
101 28

15. WEST STANLEY 38
11 6 21 75
104 28

16. JARROW 38
11 5 22 69
104 27

17. WALKER CELTIC 38
11 5 22 56
103 27

18. THROCKLEY WELFARE
38 10 7 21
63 133 27

19. HEXHAM TOWN
38 8 6 22
66 143 24

20. ANNFIELD PLAIN 38
7 8 25 55
130 20

(760 315 130 315 1820 1820 760)

Jarrow and Walker Celtic withdrew from the
competition. Blackhall Colliery Welfare and
Stockton took their places.

1939-1940

With the outbreak of the Second World War
the league was suspended. Although there
are some doubts about the accuracy of the
North Eastern League Table at the time, because
other versions have been given, this is (roughly)
how things stood in the early days of September
1939.

1. SUNDERLAND* 4
3 0 1
11 5 6

2. SOUTH SHIELDS 3
3 0 0
8 4 6

3. GATESHEAD* 3
2 1 0
10 3 5

4. BLACKHALL COLLIERY WELFARE 3
2 1 0
10 5 5

5. STOCKTON
3 1 2
0 6 2
4

6. CONSETT 3
1 2 0
8 4 4

7. BLYTH SPARTANS 3
2 0 1
6 4 4

8. MIDDLESBROUGH* 2
1 1 0
5 1 3

9. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 2
1 0 1
4 3 2

10. WEST STANLEY 2
1 0 1
7 6 2

11. ASHINGTON
2 0 2
0 4 4
2

HARTLEPOOLS UNITED*
2
1 0 1
3 3 2

13. SPENNYMOOR UNITED
3 1 0
2 7 9
2

14. THROCKLEY WELFARE 3
1 0 2
6 8 2

15. CARLISLE UNITED*
3 1 0 2
2 4 2

16. NORTH SHIELDS 2
0 1 1
2 4 1

17. ANNFIELD PLAIN 2
0 1 1
2 5 1

WORKINGTON 3
0 1 2
4 10 1

19. DARLINGTON* 3
0 0 3
3 13 0

20. HEXHAM TOWN 3
0 0 3
0 11 0

(54 21 12 21 108 108 54)

It appears that a 10-club competition took
place after this, with Consett winning this
and Blackhall Colliery Welfare finishing
second. Unfortunately, no further details
have been traced. No further games were played
in the North Eastern League until 1945 –
as far as I know.

When the North Eastern league resumed in
1945, two of its members, Blyth Spartans
and Hexham Town were not ready to take part.
Two other clubs were admitted to the competition,
however – Eppleton Colliery Welfare
and Murton Colliery Welfare.

1945-1946

1. SPENNYMOOR UNITED 38
24 3 11 146 72
51

2. MURTON COLLIERY WELFARE (-4) 38
24 6 8 105
59 50

3. ASHINGTON 38
23 4 11 116 89
50

4. NORTH SHIELDS 38
21 7 10 97
67 49

5. ANNFIELD PLAIN 38
23 2 13 97
68 48

6. CONSETT 38
18 8 12 92
62 44

7. SOUTH SHIELDS 38
19 6 13 107 87
44

8. GATESHEAD* 38
17 3 18 83
90 37

9. EPPLETON COLLIERY WELFARE 38
15 7 16 66
92 37

10. MIDDLESBROUGH* 38
15 6 17 76
82 36

11. SUNDERLAND* 38
14 7 17 84
79 35

12. STOCKTON 38
15 5 18 88
105 35

13. WEST STANLEY 38
15 4 19 97
106 34

14. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 38
15 4 19 93
105 34

15. DARLINGTON*
38 14 6 18
76 88 34

16. BLACKHALL COLLIERY WELFARE 38
13 6 19 76
101 32

17. WORKINGTON 38
12 6 20 71
75 30

18. HARTLEPOOLS UNITED* 38
12 4 22 62
116 28

19. CARLISLE UNITED* 38
10 5 23 77
117 25

20. THROCKLEY WELFARE 38
7 9 22 60
109 23

(760 326 108 326 1769 1769 756)

1946-1947

1. MIDDLESBROUGH* 38
23 6 9 104
56 52

2. SUNDERLAND* 38
23 5 10 111 61
51

3. SOUTH SHIELDS 38
19 10 9 103 79
48

4. ASHINGTON
38 19 6 13
98 93 44

5. DARLINGTON* 38
19 5 14 81
64 43

6. GATESHEAD* 38
18 6 14 105 87
42

7. CONSETT 38
18 5 15 97
83 41

8. CARLISLE UNITED* 38
18 5 15 101 87
41

9. STOCKTON 38
18 5 15 75
73 41

10. ANNFIELD PLAIN 38
17 7 14 90
88 41

11. WEST STANLEY 38
17 6 15 112 99
40

12. NORTH SHIELDS
38 17 4 17
97 91 38

13. WORKINGTON 38
14 9 15 80
69 37

14. HARTLEPOOLS UNITED* 38
15 7 16 70
75 37

15. BLACKHALL COLLIERY WELFARE 38
13 10 15 57 76
36

16. EPPLETON COLLIERY WELFARE 38
12 7 19 63
98 31

17. SPENNYMOOR UNITED
38 11 6
21 70 81 28

18. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 38
11 6 21 71
101 28

19. THROCKLEY WELFARE 38
13 2 23 78
132 28

20. MURTON COLLIERY WELFARE 38
4 5 29 43
113 13

(760 319 122 319 1706 1706 760)

Throckley Welfare left the competition at
the end of the season and were replaced by
Blyth Spartans.

1947-1948

1. SUNDERLAND* 38
24 9 5 102
51 57

2. GATESHEAD* 38
25 6 7 105
48 56

3. MIDDLESBROUGH* 38
24 6 8 91
46 54

4. NORTH SHIELDS 38
21 7 10 89
65 49

5. HARTLEPOOLS UNITED* 38
17 9 12 62
62 43

6. WEST STANLEY 38
18 5 15 87
74 41

7. CONSETT 38
18 4 16 87
75 40

8. BLYTH SPARTANS 38
15 10 13 62 60
40

9. ASHINGTON 38
16 7 15 81
70 39

10. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 38
17 3 18 60
66 37

11. STOCKTON 38
13 10 15 57 59
36

12. SPENNYMOOR UNITED 38
14 7 17 70
69 35

13. DARLINGTON*
38
15 5 18 65
68 35

14. CARLISLE UNITED* 38
14 7 17 61
65 35

15. SOUTH SHIELDS 38
17 1 20 65
79 35

16. WORKINGTON 38
14 6 18 80
98 34

17. MURTON COLLIERY WELFARE 38
12 7 19 65
85 31

18. ANNFIELD PLAIN 38
11 9 18 72
96 31

19. BLACKHALL COLLIERY WELFARE 38
7 6 25 70
115 20

20. EPPLETON COLLIERY WELFARE 38
3 6 29 41 121
12

(760 315 130 315 1472 1472 760)

1948-1949

1. MIDDLESBROUGH* 38
26 6 6 126
47 58

2. SOUTH SHIELDS 38
18 13 7 80
60 49

3. GATESHEAD* 38
20 7 11 77
62 47

4. SPENNYMOOR UNITED 38
19 8 11 88
66 46

5. SUNDERLAND* 38
18 9 11 90
53 45

6. CONSETT 38
18 9 11 80
72 45

7. ASHINGTON 38
18 8 12 96
83 44

8. BLYTH SPARTANS 38
18 7 13 71
56 43

9. CARLISLE UNITED* 38
19 5 14 62
68 43

10. HARTLEPOOLS UNITED*
38 16 7 15
85 97 39

11. WEST STANLEY 38
15 8 15 82
79 38

12. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 38
14 9 15 67
54 37

13. ANNFIELD PLAIN 38
15 7 16 74
65 37

14. STOCKTON 38
12 10 16 67 75
34

15. NORTH SHIELDS 38
15 4 19 74
94 34

16. EPPLETON COLLIERY WELFARE 38
11 9 18 64
101 31

17. DARLINGTON* 38
11 5 22 67
83 27

18. WORKINGTON 38
12 3 23 84
105 27

19. MURTON COLLIERY WELFARE 38
8 3 27 55
106 19

20. BLACKHALL COLLIERY WELFARE
38 4 9 25
39 102 17

(760 307 146 307 1528 1528 760)

1949-1950

1. NORTH SHIELDS 38
24 6 8 95
60 54

2. WEST STANLEY 38
23 6 9 65
45 52

3. MIDDLESBROUGH* 38
22 7 9 124
53 51

4. STOCKTON 38
21 7 10 69
52 49

5. SUNDERLAND* 38
20 5 13 90
54 45

6. BLYTH SPARTANS 38
18 8 12 87
69 44

7. CARLISLE UNITED* 38
16 10 12 59 49
42

8. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 38
16 9 13 75
64 41

9. WORKINGTON 38
16 8 14 84
83 40

10. SPENNYMOOR UNITED 38
15 9 14 73
53 39

11. HARTLEPOOLS UNITED* 38
15 9 14 85
77 39

12. CONSETT 38
14 10 14 65 86
38

13. MURTON COLLIERY WELFARE 38
14 6 18 72
95 34

14. SOUTH SHIELDS 38
11 11 16 61 78
33

15. ASHINGTON 38
13 5 20 74
93 31

16. GATESHEAD* 38
11 8 19 77
79 30

17. ANNFIELD PLAIN 38
9 10 19 69
91 28

18. DARLINGTON* 38
11 5 22 63
91 27

19. BLACKHALL COLLIERY WELFARE 38
9 5 24 63
115 23

20. EPPLETON COLLIERY WELFARE 38
8 4 26 51
114 20

(760 306 148 306 1501 1501 760)

1950-1951

1. STOCKTON 38
25 6 7 79
37 56

2. MIDDLESBROUGH* 38
25 5 8 100
51 55

3. CARLISLE UNITED* 38
21 4 13 105 60
46

4. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 38
21 4 13 78
53 46

5. WORKINGTON
38 18 9 11
79 68 45

6. SUNDERLAND* 38
16 12 10 80 49
44

7. NORTH SHIELDS 38
16 12 10 80 64
44

8. ASHINGTON 38
16 11 11 83 67
43

9. SPENNYMOOR UNITED 38
18 7 13 80
65 43

10. BLYTH SPARTANS 38
15 9 14 67
76 39

11. DARLINGTON* 38
15 8 15 69
64 38

12. BLACKHALL COLLIERY WELFARE 38
16 3 19 63
81 35

13. CONSETT 38
14 6 18 76
84 34

14. WEST STANLEY 38
12 9 17 55
68 33

15. HARTLEPOOLS UNITED* 38
14 5 19 74
91 33

16. SOUTH SHIELDS 38
12 8 18 48
81 32

17. GATESHEAD* 38
10 6 22 60
82 26

18. ANNFIELD PLAIN 38
11 4 23 64
95 26

19. EPPLETON COLLIERY WELFARE
38 6 11 21 51
95 23

20. MURTON COLLIERY WELFARE 38
5 9 24 49
109 19

(760 306 148 306 1440 1440 760)

Workington were elected to the Football League
Division 3 (North) and placed their reserve
side in the North Eastern League. Eppleton
Colliery Welfare and Murton Colliery Welfare
both left the competition and transferred
to the Wearside League.

1951-1952

1. MIDDLESBROUGH* 34
23 4 7 96
38 50

2. NORTH SHIELDS 34
21 3 10 95
43 45

3. SUNDERLAND* 34
18 8 8 82
50 44

4. GATESHEAD* 34
17 6 11 86
64 40

5. ASHINGTON 34
15 8 11 84
78 38

6. BLACKHALL COLLIERY WELFARE 34
14 8 12 67
51 36

7. HARTLEPOOLS UNITED* 34
16 4 14 69
66 36

8. WEST STANLEY 34
16 3 15 74
72 35

9. SPENNYMOOR UNITED 34
14 6 14 78
70 34

10. BLYTH SPARTANS 34
11 10 13 53 68
32

11. STOCKTON 34
11 8 15 60
77 30

12. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 34
13 4 17 54
80 30

13. CARLISLE UNITED* 34
11 6 17 66
63 28

14. SOUTH SHIELDS 34
9 10 15 53
74 28

15. ANNFIELD PLAIN 34
10 8 16 59
90 28

16. CONSETT
34 11 6 17
70 101 28

17. DARLINGTON* 34
9 9 16 58
84 27

18. WORKINGTON* 34
7 9 18 69
104 23

(612 246 120 246 1273 1273 612)

1952-1953

1. SUNDERLAND* 34
28 2 4 102
27 58

2. MIDDLESBROUGH* 34
23 4 7 95
46 50

3. CARLISLE UNITED* 34
19 7 8 88
55 45

4. BLYTH SPARTANS
34 20 5 9
93 61 45

5. DARLINGTON* 34
16 8 10 76
64 40

6. SPENNYMOOR UNITED 34
10 14 10 68 71
34

7. WORKINGTON* 34
13 7 14 74
68 33

8. NORTH SHIELDS 34
14 3 17 81
85 31

9. GATESHEAD* 34
12 6 16 68
68 30

10. ASHINGTON 34
12 6 16 71
76 30

11. STOCKTON 34
13 4 17 48
66 30

12. CONSETT
34 10 9 15
45 66 29

13. SOUTH SHIELDS 34
10 8 16 41
55 28

14. WEST STANLEY 34
9 10 15 54
85 28

15. HARTLEPOOLS UNITED*
34 9 9 16
61 85 27

16. BLACKHALL COLLIERY WELFARE 34
9 8 17 50
80 26

17. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 34
9 6 19 55
80 24

18. ANNFIELD PLAIN 34
9 6 19 56
88 24

(612 245 122 245 1226 1226 612)

1953-1954

1. MIDDLESBROUGH* 34
20 7 7 92
45 47

2. SUNDERLAND* 34
21 5 8 92
50 47

3. SPENNYMOOR UNITED 34
20 4 10 80
45 44

4. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 34
18 7 9 66
52 43

5. HARTLEPOOLS UNITED* 34
18 6 10 84
74 42

6. GATESHEAD* 34
17 4 13 85
69 38

7. ANNFIELD PLAIN
34 16 4 14
71 71 36

8. CONSETT 34
17 2 15 63
75 36

9. CARLISLE UNITED* 34
17 1 16 100 78
35

10. SOUTH SHIELDS 34
12 7 15 66
68 31

11. DARLINGTON* 34
12 5 17 76
78 29

12. WORKINGTON* 34
12 5 17 63
69 29

13. BLACKHALL COLLIERY WELFARE 34
12 5 17 50
66 29

14. BLYTH SPARTANS 34
11 6 17 48
82 28

15. ASHINGTON 34
11 5 18 61
79 27

16. NORTH SHIELDS 34
10 5 19 65
100 25

17. STOCKTON 34
10 4 20 56
86 24

18. WEST STANLEY 34
8 6 20 59 90
22

(612 262 88 262 1277 1277 612)

1954-1955

1. MIDDLESBROUGH* 34
25 5 4 97
27 55

2. SUNDERLAND* 34
23 3 8 112
42 49

3. SPENNYMOOR UNITED 34
20 7 7 80
48 47

4. WORKINGTON* 34
19 5 10 76
42 43

5. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 34
17 5 12 72
61 39

6. NORTH SHIELDS 34
14 9 11 76
73 37

7. SOUTH SHIELDS 34
13 10 11 74 67
36

8. DARLINGTON* 34
14 7 13 81
64 35

9. BLYTH SPARTANS 34
13 7 14 64
78 33

10. GATESHEAD* 34
14 4 16 71
74 32

11. CARLISLE UNITED* 34
14 3 17 85
70 31

12. ANNFIELD PLAIN 34
11 9 14 67
86 31

13. ASHINGTON 34
10 9 15 61
74 29

14. HARTLEPOOLS UNITED* 34
11 5 18 65
82 27

15. CONSETT 34
12 3 19 57
98 27

16. STOCKTON 34
8 7 19 48
77 23

17. BLACKHALL COLLIERY WELFARE 34
8 4 22 33
95 20

18. WEST STANLEY 34
6 6 22 45
106 18

(612 252 108 252 1264 1264 612)

Blackhall Colliery Welfare left the competition
at the end of the season. Their place was
taken by Whitley Bay Athletic from the Northern
Alliance.

1955-1956

1. MIDDLESBROUGH* 34
28 3 3 112
34 59

2. SOUTH SHIELDS 34
20 7 7 96
51 47

3. ASHINGTON 34
19 7 8 92
59 45

4. WORKINGTON* 34
18 8 8 81
42 44

5. SUNDERLAND* 34
20 3 11 87
54 43

6. GATESHEAD* 34
13 11 10 69 65
37

7. BLYTH SPARTANS 34
17 3 14 68
80 37

8. STOCKTON 34
15 5 14 68
65 35

9. CARLISLE UNITED* 34
14 6 14 74
56 34

10. DARLINGTON* 34
13 7 14 76
71 33

11. ANNFIELD PLAIN 34
12 8 14 54
65 32

12. SPENNYMOOR UNITED 34
12 5 17 59
63 29

13. CONSETT 34
11 6 17 58
88 28

14. NORTH SHIELDS 34
10 6 18 54
78 26

15. HARTLEPOOLS UNITED* 34
10 6 18 48
78 26

16. WHITLEY BAY ATHLETIC 34
8 8 18 62 92
24

17. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 34
8 5 21 50
94 21

18. WEST STANLEY 34
4 4 26 34
107 12

(612 252 108 252 1242 1242 612)

1956-1957

1. SPENNYMOOR UNITED 34
22 7 5 79
42 51

2. SOUTH SHIELDS 34
22 5 7 88
39 49

3. NORTH SHIELDS 34
21 6 7 92
39 48

4. ASHINGTON 34
20 8 6 117
55 48

5. MIDDLESBROUGH* 34
20 7 7 92
43 47

6. SUNDERLAND* 34
20 5 9 97
46 45

7. WORKINGTON* 34
16 7 11 74
57 39

8. BLYTH SPARTANS 34
17 5 12 90
71 39

9. HARTLEPOOLS UNITED*
34 18 3 13
80 71 39

10. DARLINGTON* 34
14 6 14 78
75 34

11. GATESHEAD* 34
13 6 15 62
79 32

12. ANNFIELD PLAIN
34 10 7 17
66 86 27

13. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 34
11 4 19 54
84 26

14. CONSETT 34
8 4 22 51
86 20

15. STOCKTON 34
10 0 24 59
107 20

16. CARLISLE UNITED* 34
5 8 21 35
83 18

17. WEST STANLEY 34
6 4 24 32
100 16

18. WHITLEY BAY ATHLETIC 34
6 2 26 44
127 14

(612 259 94 259 1290 1290 612)

1957-1958

1. SOUTH SHIELDS 34
27 3 4 107
42 57

2. MIDDLESBROUGH* 34
22 5 7 92
33 49

3. ASHINGTON 34
22 5 7 79
48 49

4. NORTH SHIELDS 34
16 9 9 66
44 41

5. WORKINGTON* 34
17 5 12 73
59 39

6. SUNDERLAND* 34
17 4 13 84
50 38

7. GATESHEAD* 34
15 8 11 82
72 38

8. CARLISLE UNITED*
34 16 4 14
66 57 36

9. BLYTH SPARTANS 34
14 7 13 66
66 35

10. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 34
13 9 12 58
59 35

11. HARTLEPOOLS UNITED* 34
15 4 15 72
61 34

12. SPENNYMOOR UNITED 34
13 8 13 70
72 34

13. CONSETT 34
13 6 15 68
63 32

14. ANNFIELD PLAIN 34
9 7 18 57
96 25

15. DARLINGTON* 34
7 8 19 56
92 22

16. STOCKTON
34 7 5 22
60 107 19

17. WEST STANLEY 34
8 2 24 47
97 18

18. WHITLEY BAY ATHLETIC 34
3 5 26 35
120 11

(612 254 104 254 1238 1238 612)

Following talks, which began in March 1958,
the seven Football League clubs withdrew
their reserve sides from the North Eastern
League at the end of the season to join the
new North Regional League, which was for
Football League clubs’ second elevens
only. Unable to find enough new clubs to
make it a viable competition, the North Eastern
League closed down.

The name ‘lived on’, however,
as a new set-up called the North Eastern
League was created for the 1958-1959 season,
though this was at ‘a lower level’,
including some Football League club ‘A’
teams. Of the eleven sides from the ‘old
competition’, Whitley Bay Athletic
moved to the Northern League, Annfield Plain
and West Stanley were accepted into the Northern
Alliance, and the remaining eight joined
the Midland League, a competition which had
been decimated by a similar mass withdrawal
of Football League club reserve sides at
the end of the 1957-1958 season. The Midland
League was thus given a new shape and operated
in this form for the next two seasons.

Midland League 1958-1959

1. PETERBOROUGH UNITED 36
32 4 0 137
26 68

2. ASHINGTON 36
28 4 4 125
40 60

3. NORTH SHIELDS 36
21 6 9 82
49 48

4. SOUTH SHIELDS 36
19 8 9 79
45 46

5. BLYTH SPARTANS 36
18 10 8 79
52 46

6. SKEGNESS TOWN 36
17 7 12 73
71 41

7. HORDEN COLLIERY 36
15 10 11 68 73
40

8. CONSETT 36
16 4 16 72
72 36

9. SCARBOROUGH 36
13 9 14 63
79 35

10. FRICKLEY COLLIERY
36 12 9 15
70 75 33

11. GOOLE TOWN 36
12 7 17 72
90 31

12. GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY 36
10 10 16 70 77
30

13. SUTTON TOWN
36
10 9 17 69
98 29

14. SPENNYMOOR UNITED 36
8 12 16 55
92 28

15. SCUNTHORPE UNITED* 36
8 10 18 58
70 26

16. DENABY UNITED 36
10 3 23 57
107 23

17. STOCKTON 36
7 8 21 65
106 22

18. GRANTHAM 36
7 7 22 66
90 21

19. WORKSOP TOWN 36
10 1 25 50
98 21

(684 273 138 273 1410 1410 684)

Grantham and Scunthorpe United Reserves withdrew
from the competition at the end of the season.

Midland League 1959-1960

1. PETERBOROUGH UNITED 32
23 6 3 108
37 52

2. NORTH SHIELDS 32
22 5 5 76
27 49

3. ASHINGTON 32
19 7 6 90
40 45

4. SOUTH SHIELDS 32
16 8 8 65
41 40

5. BLYTH SPARTANS 32
13 10 9 74
51 36

6. STOCKTON 32
12 8 12 53
66 32

7. GOOLE TOWN 32
13 5 14 62
78 31

8. CONSETT 32
13 4 15 54
65 30

9. SPENNYMOOR UNITED 32
12 6 14 47
57 30

10. HORDEN COLLIERY 32
12 5 15 46
62 29

11. GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY 32
7 14 11 41
60 28

12. SKEGNESS TOWN
32 9 9 14
50 64 27

13. SCARBOROUGH 32
9 8 15 48 65
26

14. WORKSOP TOWN 32
10 4 18 41
70 24

15. SUTTON TOWN 32
6 11 15 44
76 23

16. DENABY UNITED 32
8 6 18 44
68 22

17. FRICKLEY COLLIERY 32
7 6 19 54
70 20

(544 211 122 211 997 997 544)

Peterborough United were elected to the Football
League Division Four. Denaby United, Frickley
Colliery, Gainsborough Trinity, Goole Town,
Skegness Town, Sutton Town and Worksop Town
all resigned from the competition due to
financial difficulties, while Spennymoor
United opted to move to the Northern League.
Faced with a second mass departure in two
years and a ‘club base’ now outside
its ‘home area’, the Midland
League now folded.

The remaining former North Eastern League
sides agreed to set up their own league competition
called the ‘Northern Counties League’ because the name ‘North Eastern
League’ was not available in 1960.
They were joined by Annfield Plain from the
Northern Alliance, Gateshead from the Football
League and Scarborough, who had played in
the Midland League. With a membership
of only 10 clubs, it was decided that the
new competition would play a normal league
programme + a ‘league cup league. as
well.

1960-1961

League

1. NORTH SHIELDS 18
11 5 2 59
28 27

2. ASHINGTON 18
12 2 4 50
22 26

3. BLYTH SPARTANS 18
8 6 4
29 22 22

4. GATESHEAD 18
8 4 6
35 26 20

5. CONSETT 18
9 1 8
46 42 19

6. SCARBOROUGH
18 9 1 8
32 30 19

7. SOUTH SHIELDS 18
7 4 7
31 32 18

8. STOCKTON 18
5 4 9
39 55 14

9. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 18
6 2 10 25
43 14

10. ANNFIELD PLAIN 18
0 1 17 15
61 1

(180 75 30 75 361 361 180)

League Cup

1. GATESHEAD 17
11 3 3 50
20 25

2. BLYTH SPARTANS 18
10 5 3 42
19 25

3. NORTH SHIELDS 18
10 3 5 52
30 23

4. CONSETT
18 9 5 4
35 23 23

5. ASHINGTON 18
7 4 7 46
40 18

6. SOUTH SHIELDS 18
7 3 8 46
30 17

7. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 18
7 2 9 36
43 16

8. STOCKTON 18
6 2 10 29
68 14

9. SCARBOROUGH 18
5 2 11 33
46 12

10. ANNFIELD PLAIN 17
2 1 14 25
75 5

(178 74 30 74 394 394 178)

The reserve sides of Carlisle United, Darlington
and Workington joined the competition. The
increase in membership meant that clubs would
play each other twice in the league competition
but only oncein the ‘league cup league’.

1961-1962

League

1. CONSETT 24
16 3 5 77
44 35

2. SOUTH SHIELDS 24
16 2 6 67
30 34

3. ASHINGTON 24
14 5 5 63
36 33

4. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 24
13 4 7 57
50 30

5. GATESHEAD 24
13 3 8 42
34 29

6. SCARBOROUGH 24
11 5 8 48
31 27

7. NORTH SHIELDS 24
10 5 9 61
42 25

8. DARLINGTON* 24
8 5 11 55
57 21

9. BLYTH SPARTANS 24
7 6 11 52
61 20

10. CARLISLE UNITED* 24
6 7 11 31
43 19

11. STOCKTON 24
6 3 15 41
82 15

12. ANNFIELD PLAIN 24
5 3 16 34
72 13

13. WORKINGTON* 24
5 1 18 36
82 11

(312 130 52 130 664 664 312)

League Cup

1. SOUTH SHIELDS 12
7 4 1
27 12 18

2. NORTH SHIELDS 12
8 1 3
30 15 17

3. SCARBOROUGH
12 6 4 2
23 13 16

4. CONSETT 12
6 3 3
27 18 15

5. CARLISLE UNITED* 12
7 1 4
22 20 15

6. ASHINGTON 12
6 1 5
23 20 13

7. DARLINGTON*
12 6 1 5
23 23 13

8. GATESHEAD
12
3 5 4
18 22 11

9. ANNFIELD PLAIN 12
3 3 6
24 27 9

10. STOCKTON 12
3 3 6
16 19 9

11. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 12
3 3 6
17 28 9

12. WORKINGTON* 12
3 0 9
12 31 6

13. BLYTH SPARTANS 12
1 3 8
10 24 5

(156 62 32 62 272 272 156)

Gateshead moved to the North Regional League
and were replaced by Redcar Albion. The competition
name was changed to ‘North Eastern
League’ after this title became available
when the junior league which had been known
as this folded.

1962-1963

League

1. SCARBOROUGH 22
14 4 4 71
34 32

2. SOUTH SHIELDS 22
13 5 4 48
27 31

3. NORTH SHIELDS 22
11 4 7 54
43 26

4. BLYTH SPARTANS 22
11 3 8 49
39 25

5. ASHINGTON 22
7 7 8
47 46 21

6. DARLINGTON*
22 10 1 11 35
37 21

7. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 22
8 5 9
33 36 21

8. STOCKTON 22
8 3 11 39
57 19

9. CONSETT 22
7 4 11 40
49 18

10. WORKINGTON* 22
8 2 12 32
49 18

11. ANNFIELD PLAIN 22
7 3 12 27
46 17

12. CARLISLE UNITED* 22
6 3 13 35
47 15

(264 110 44 110 510 510 264)

Redcar Albion resigned from the competition
on February 12th and the club’s record was deleted.

League Cup

The ravages of the severe winter 1962-1963
played havoc with football fixtures throughout
the country. The North Eastern League opted
to finish its league programme but not to
try and complete the league Cup as well.
For this reason, the record of Redcar Albion
was allowed to stand in the Final Table.
After much discussion, Scarborough were declared
winners.

1. SCARBOROUGH 9
6 1 2
29 11 13

2. DARLINGTON* 10
6 1 3 30
21 13

3. SOUTH SHIELDS 10
4 4 2 26
13 12

4. BLYTH SPARTANS 10
6 0 4 35
20 12

5. NORTH SHIELDS
9 5 2 2
20 17 12

6. ASHINGTON 10
5 1 4 22
25 11

7. CARLISLE UNITED* 10
4 3 3 14
17 11

8. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 10
3 3 4 23
24 9

9. STOCKTON 11
3 2 6 26
40 8

10. REDCAR ALBION 10
3 2 5 18
33 8

11. ANNFIELD PLAIN
7 2 2 3
14 17 6

12. WORKINGTON* 11
1 4 6 21
32 6

13. CONSETT 9
1 3 5 13
21 5

(126 49 28 49 291 291 126)

Scarborough moved to the Midland League and
the reserve sides of Carlisle United, Darlington
and Workington also left, all three re-joining
the North Regional League.

1963-1964

League

1. HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE 14
10 2 2 34
11 22

2. SOUTH SHIELDS 14
11 0 3 37
20 22

3. ASHINGTON 14
7 2 5
33 19 16

4. BLYTH SPARTANS 14
7 2 5
43 33 16

5. STOCKTON 14
4 4 6
32 35 12

6. ANNFIELD PLAIN 14
4 2 8
22 37 10

7. NORTH SHIELDS
14 2 3 9
25 40 7

8. CONSETT 14
2 3 9
14 45 7

(112 47 18 47 240 240 112

While a ‘league cup league’ was
probably played also, no trace has yet been
found of the outcome. At the end of the season,
the North Eastern League was closed down
again. Blyth Spartans and North Shields joined
the Northern League, South Shields moved
to the North Regional League, and the other
five clubs were accepted into the Wearside
League.